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The Case of Greece

In: The Economics of Target Balances

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  • Hans-Werner Sinn

    (Ludwig Maximilian University)

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The first beneficiary of the Target credit was Greece. Target and cash balance credit came early in the crisis and was then augmented by the fiscal credit provided officially by the intergovernmental European rescue programs and the IMF. The sum of these credits peaked at €347 billion in 2015 and then declined to €264 billion or 143% of GDP by the end of 2019. Unlike frequent assertions made in 2015, the public credit provided by other states including the Eurosystem and the IMF was not primarily used to bail out foreign creditors. In fact, only about one third of the public credit provided to the Greek economy from 2008 to 2015 was used for that purpose and one third was used to finance the Greek current account deficit accumulated during this period, helping Greece sustain a sum of public and private consumption way above 100% of national income. In net terms, the remaining third was used by Greek investors to finance foreign investment inside and outside the Eurozone.

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  • Hans-Werner Sinn, 2020. "The Case of Greece," Springer Books, in: The Economics of Target Balances, chapter 0, pages 39-47, Springer.
  • Handle: RePEc:spr:sprchp:978-3-030-50170-9_6
    DOI: 10.1007/978-3-030-50170-9_6
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